Program: Medicine, Culture, and Society, Minor in - Hofstra University

Apr 08, 2025

2016-2017 Undergraduate Bulletin

Minor Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 18

A Minor in Medicine, Culture, and Society consists of the successful completion of 18 semester hours, selected under advisement from the list of courses below, with at least 6 s.h. in residence, distributed as follows:

At least 3 s.h. chosen from:

ANTH 117 - Medical Anthropology Semester Hours: 3
PHI 130 - (HP) Bioethics: Medicine and Morality Semester Hours: 3
RELI 086 - (CC, IS) Religion and Medicine Semester Hours: 3
SOC 104 - (BH) Sociology of Health and Medicine Semester Hours: 3

At least 3 s.h. chosen from the following humanities or interdisciplinary courses:

CLL 188 - (LT) Psychoanalysis and Literature Semester Hours: 3
CRWR 132 - (CP) Medicine, Mind and Matter Semester Hours: 3
DSST 002 - (LT) Disability in Literature and Culture Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 193 - (LT) Medical Science Fiction Semester Hours: 3
RHET 124 - Communication, Culture and Illness Semester Hours: 3
SPAN 102 - Spanish for the Health Professions Semester Hours: 3
WST 102 - (IS) Body Politics Semester Hours: 3

At least 3 s.h. chosen from the following social science or interdisciplinary courses:

AFST 122 - Health and Disease in Africa: A Medical Anthropology Perspective Semester Hours: 3
AFST 123 - Life and Death in the Black Community Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 117 - Medical Anthropology Semester Hours: 3
DSST 001 - (IS) Introduction to Disability Studies Semester Hours: 3
ECO 133 - (BH) Health Economics Semester Hours: 3
PHI 130 - (HP) Bioethics: Medicine and Morality Semester Hours: 3
PHI 162 - (HP) Philosophy of Biology Semester Hours: 3
PHI 169 - Philosophy of Medicine Semester Hours: 3
PSY 139 - Abnormal Psychology Semester Hours: 3
PSY 089 - Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Semester Hours: 3
PSY 170 - Clinical Neuropsychology Semester Hours: 3
RELI 020 - (HP) Magic, Miracle, and Medicine in the Greco-Roman World Semester Hours: 3
RELI 040 - (CC, HP) Yoga, Psychology and Health Semester Hours: 3
RELI 086 - (CC, IS) Religion and Medicine Semester Hours: 3
RELI 088 - (CC, HP) Alternative Medicine and Religion Semester Hours: 3
RELI 125 - (CC, HP) Buddhism and Psychology Semester Hours: 3
SOC 008 - (BH) Sociology of Substance Abuse Semester Hours: 3
SOC 104 - (BH) Sociology of Health and Medicine Semester Hours: 3

At least 3 s.h. chosen from the following:

NOTE: MCS 100 is the recommended capstone course, but MCS 180 A-Z or MCS 182 can be substituted with the director’s approval.

MCS 100 - (IS) Medical Humanities Semester Hours: 3
MCS 180 A-Z - (IS) Special Studies in Medicine, Culture and Society Semester Hours: 1-3
MCS 182 - Independent Study in Medicine, Culture and Society Semester Hours: 1-3

Remaining 6 s.h.:

The remaining 6 s.h. may be selected from any of the courses listed above. No more than 6 s.h. taken for this minor may count toward satisfying the requirements for any major or any other minor.

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